Robert Caro reads from and discusses his book "The Years of Lyndon Johnson"
Studs Terkel Archive Podcast
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Lyndon Johnson: A Political Machine
LZ Granderson: Lyndon Johnson took over a small teacher's college in Texas. He says he cultivated the president until Evans loved and relied on him. LZ: But what he really did was to create a political structure there. "Once he got the power, he wouldn't give the jobs to anyone who didn't support him"
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